by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 8, 2019 | Coastal Communities, Events, Research, Uncategorized
One single oyster can filter about 50 gallons of water per day. This kind of filtering power is being looked at by researchers as a potential solution to absorb harmful amounts of nitrogen entering coastal waters via wastewater treatment facilities and stormwater...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 25, 2019 | Events, News, Sustainable Seafood, Uncategorized
High school culinary students to compete in 2019 Rhode Island Seafood Cookoff featuring gray sole Warwick Area Career & Technical Center to host cookoff for five schools; public is invited WARWICK, R.I.—Local high school culinary student teams will be...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 14, 2019 | Events, News, Research, Uncategorized
JOIN US for a discussion on new research looking at how oysters – which can filter over a gallon of water every hour – can help the environment adapt to excess pollutants entering our coastal waters from fertilizers and sewage. Join us on Wednesday,...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 25, 2018 | Events, News, Uncategorized
Sea Grant is hosting a “listening session” on Friday, Oct. 26th to better understand the key research questions for understanding and managing American lobster in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, including the effects of environmental changes on...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Oct 25, 2018 | Events, News, Uncategorized
Join us on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the Roger Williams University School of Law for a discussion on how state and local governments in coastal New England can overcome legal barriers to climate adaptation. Legal experts from the Georgetown Climate Center in...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Aug 1, 2018 | Events, News
Inspired by presentations and conversations generated at the Rhode Island Sea Grant Baird Science Symposium, Rhode Island PBS will be hosting a panel to further discuss changes in Narragansett Bay. Fishermen complain that bureaucrats have over-treated Narragansett Bay...
